jour·ney·man

[jur-nee-muhn]
noun, plural jour·ney·men.
1.
a person who has served an apprenticeship at a trade or handicraft and is certified to work at it assisting or under another person.
2.
any experienced, competent but routine worker or performer.
3.
a person hired to do work for another, usually for a day at a time.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English journeman, equivalent to journee a day's work (see journey) + man man1

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journeyman (ˈdʒɜːnɪmən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -men
1.  a craftsman, artisan, etc, who is qualified to work at his trade in the employment of another
2.  a competent workman
3.  (formerly) a worker hired on a daily wage
 
[C15: from journey (in obsolete sense: a day's work) + man]

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journeyman definition


A skilled artisan who works on hire for master artisans rather than for himself.

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Example sentences
Apprentice being the student learning the trade, journeyman having enough
  knowledge to work at it.
The taste of the journeyman playwright, on this head, was certainly far sounder
  than that of the king and his court.
Sorensen is a licensed truck driver, certified forklift operator and a
  journeyman painter.
The journeyman lineman could be released later with a settlement, depending on
  the injury's severity.
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